NOMBU ADAI (SWEET)

Karadaiyan Nombu is a traditional fasting festival of the Tamil Brahmins in which the married women pray for the well being and long life of her husband. It is celebrated during the transition of Tamil months Maasi and Panguni. 

There is a story behind it.  Savithri brought back her husband from "Yama".  To celebrate this, she picked up some mud in the jungle and made the adai out of it.  the rice powder resembles the mud and the cow pea resembles the stones.   In short, it is followed by the women for the well being of her husband and long life.

This special dish during this festival made is called Nombu Adai. It is made in two ways one is sweet and aother savoury. Here is the savory version link:    nombu-uppu-adai-nombu-adai-savoury




Let us look at the recipe now:

Ingredients:

Rice Flour (Roasted) - 1 cup
Jaggery (Grated) - 1 cup
Coconut (Grated) - 1/2 cup or can cut the coconut into small bits and add.
Red Chowli (Roasted and Cooked) - 1 tbsp (if you prefer more, can add one more tbsp
Cardamom Powder
Water - 1.5 cup

Method

1.  In a kadhai, add water and melt jaggery.
2.  remove the impurities.
3.  add the roasted rice flour in it and mix well.
4.  cook the red chowli, karamani, cow pea in pressure cooker.  
5.  It should be cooked but at the same time not mushy.
6.  Add this to the rice flour jaggery mix.
7.  Add the grated coconut, cardamom powder.
8.  Place them on gas and cook them till you get a mass which leaves the sides of the kadhai.
9.  Cover and keep for 5 minutes.
10. After 5 minutes transfer them in a plate and see whether you can handle it as it should be warm enough to touch.



11.  make small balls out of it.  Flatten them on a plantain leaf, make a hole in the center.
12.  Grease the idli mould and place them, steam cook for 15 minutes.
13.  open the lid, allow to cool, take out
14.  Your sweet adai is ready for neivedyam.
15.  serve it with white home made butter.



WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY NOMBU



ragi nombu adai savory

ragi nombu adai  sweet